[Footnote 10: E.g.: Plena fuit vobis omni concordia vita, Et stetit ad finem longa tenaxque fides. _Amores_ ii. 6. 13-14.] +V.+ +Saepe cănes lepŏresque umbrā cŭbuēre sub unā.+ (i.) _Vocabulary._-- +Lepŏres+ = _hares_. As this is closely connected by +-que+ with +cănes+, you are not likely to confuse it with +lĕpor+ (+lepos+; cf. λάμπω) = _a charm_, _grace_. +Cubuere+ = _lay down_. Cp. +-cumbo+ in composition, and our _recumbent_, _succumb_, and _cub_-icle. (ii.) _Translation._--Another simple sentence about which there can be no doubt. The metre shows that +umbrā+ must be taken with +sub unā+:-- _Often have the dogs and the hares reclined beneath the same shade._ +VI.+ +Et stetit in saxo proximă cervă leae.+ (i.) _Vocabulary._-- +Leae+ = _lioness_. +Lea+ (poetical form of +leaena+) suggests +leo+. (ii.) _Translation._--The metre shows +proximă+ must be taken with +cervă+. But to translate _the nearest stag (hind)_ makes nonsense, and renders +leae+ untranslatable, while _the hind very close to the lioness_ makes good sense. _And the hind has stood still on the crag close beside the lioness._ +VII.+ +Et sĭne līte lŏquax cum Palladis ālite cornix sēdit.+ (i.) _Vocabulary._-- +Līte+ = _strife_. To _litigate_ = contest in law (+lit + agere+) may help you to the root-meaning. +Loquax+ = _talkative_, clearly connected with +lŏq-uor+, and _loq_-uacious. +Alite+ = _a bird_, lit. _winged_; cf. +āl-a+, a _wing_. +Cornix+ = _a crow_, probably from √καρ; cf. our _croak_, and κόραξ, +cor-vus+, a _raven_. +Palladis.+ You have no doubt heard of Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη, the virgin goddess of war and of wisdom. (ii.) _Translation._--The force of the illustration lies in the strong contrast between the chattering, tale-bearing crow and the wise, silent owl sacred to the goddess of wisdom. Two such opposites, under the spell of Arion’s music, forget to quarrel, though for the time in close company. _And the chattering crow has without strife sat in company with the bird of Pallas._ +VIII.+ +Et accipitri iunctă cŏlumbă fuit.+ (i.) _Vocabulary._-- +Accipitri+ = _hawk_ (a general name for birds of prey), probably from √πετ-, +pet-+ = _move quickly_; cf. πέτ-ομαι = _fly about_; +pĕt-o+ = _fall upon_, _attack_, _seek_. So +accipiter+ = +ac + pĕt-+, _swift + flying_; cf. ὠκύπτερος = _swift-winged_. (ii.) _Translation._--The metre shows that +columbă+ and +iunctă+ must be taken together:-- _And the dove has-been-joined-to (has consorted with) the hawk._ +IX.+ +Cynthia saepe tuis fertur, vōcalis Ărīōn, Tamquam fraternis obstŭpuisse mŏdis.+ (i.) _Vocabulary._-- +Cynthia+ = _Diana_ (_Artemis_), so called from Mt. Cynthus, in Delos, where she and Apollo were born. +Fertur+ = _is said_, _asserted_; cf. +fĕrunt+ = _they say_. +Vōcalis+ = _tuneful_, clearly from same root as +vox+, +vŏc-o+, &c., of our _vocal_. For change of quantity cf. +rex+, +rēgis+, from +rĕgo+.